Lymph node ultrasound during melanoma follow-up significantly improves metastasis detection compared with clinical examination alone: A study on 433 patients

Melanoma Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 457-463

  Krüger, Ullrich ^a   Kretschmer, Lutz ^a   Thoms, Kai Martin ^a   Padeken, Michael ^a   Peter Bertsch, Hans ^a   Schön, Michael P ^a   Zutt, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

health services research; lymph node metastasis; melanoma; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE ULTRASONOGRAPHY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052662512     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: 14735636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e328348dad3     Document Type: Article

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